New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13
AMONG CHANGING GROUPS.
CHAT AND COMMENT FROM VISITORS TO
THE CITY AND OTHERS.


years expresses the opinion that Chinese immigration
to this country has been checked. IIo adds In a
recent lecture which / induced to give at the
lonhS Mems Christian Association In IIarlcm | told
the young men there that tho signs indicated that the
''c OF immigration has been arrested and that the
s"arHlng Of the muudcs Of the Celestial Empire IS
nearly over, because its teemng millions likely to
ma moro profitable occupation at homo than here.
'hlna Is about entering upon a career. The fact
Is 'hat the sumhcr of centuries has been broken, and
Chang, - cn'rg ov,r the splls Of her dreams.
FROM England "a the one band. with her subtle dplom-
! "y and aggressive spirit, and from France on the
Other with her mad ambition to establish a French
Empire In the East, she has learned lessons of policy
! ana has taken warming The days Of cxclusiycncss
| are rapidly passing away, and new forms of modern
civilization are gradually finding favor at the I'M
pcral Court. About year ago the Imperial Court
/ decided to Construct an extensive railway system
throughout the entire Empire. aud am Informed that
/ preliminary surveys I'm progress by corps
/ OF foreign civil engineers. This project for tho de
Nclopment of Chna's vast domain and prolific re-
sources VIII eventually lead to other systems Of in
/ teInal Improvement, and before the close II the
present century some Of MS who arc living to-day may
! behold the sudden advancement OF a great people
| whose enterprise and genius may lead them forward
to the front rank among the nations Of the earth"
when Lcvcrctt p sal,tonsta,l. the Mugv'ump col
lccor of Boston, passed through NowYork recently
after his visit 10 President Cleveland. I had n chat
with linn. the main point Of which his declaration
/ that President Cleveland IS firm 4 rock for Civt
Service reform. II IS Of the pcculIaritlcS of the
average pformcrT that having set mp his idol, no
wor,lip' It under every condition. with only the
Boston Custom House lcn a. a brand pnclcd from
the couhaeraon Of party greed Nr sal>on,tall still
h"ld, fash i'm Mr.. Cleveland This, too REGARDLESS OF
The shameful abuses Of public ru't which have been
shown I'm nearly every State In the Union. almost a.
nagrautly In Maryland. whore the spolsmen are
dominant under Senator German. In no period %
Republican supremacy were there ever such operations
AS Characterized the collection Of funds from New
York Custom House officials during the past month.
But these things are unseen by mon with blinded eyes
~ course, or excused the actions of party
whose President IS better than the organization. It
IS mot q muutcd question whether fountain can rise
higher than It's source
There Is a yonng element growing mp IN the mol
~. ia tai, state which l. prominent I'm executive
offices Of several cities Out,dc Of Ncw- York many
Of the Mayor, young business mon Of Intense VI
tally and ,-or. Such man Is WINS =. Burns who
pr',id's over the destiny of saline mprcguacd syria
cu-'. Ile is manufacturer ~ allralc iron and
iol, good fellow with HIKING for horse races and
highly cultivated talent for manipulating mon Another
f. Cornelius Parfonl. VIII" Mayor Of Rochester. and
can roll up majority for himself all the way from
100 io 10 600 lie IN, held thc Office for twelve
years. AMI while hc may be- counted well along In
years. vet belongs 10 the young fellows The As
' 49, '''' - go. 10 ,i,.,s
G,,.,,,'r mn 1,v r,, ic g, s,rn, cIickcn I'm rof,.
lnt Doe B. Young man I'm years for the position he
tfo roin. tho o,ier l,y IN ii, pr,cncc 81 senator
Iya1s. wl"u a Now ENGLAND smile broke over hts
lips as be- said: " You havo forgotten mo feel Is
young A. any Of You"
AN the great Fast and Wcst trunk lines rnn
through our siaic- said = T.. Fair. Young railroad
man - Columbus. thc other day. O. and as con.c-
quonc" Ct view % th" commerce Of this country
that ls not scrn or appreciated either Fast or West
W. The wheat ard i've stock pouring Fast ~
long trains and ~" merchandise going back There
sometimes curious feature, ~ ths irarlc Tho
prod ~ the country doc, not always 20 East. For
Instance last y.ar hrrc wa, q big dran ON Ohio and
Nch'ran FOR apples for Ncw- York consumption. TIL,
year fh, orchards ~ New York have hal plcntcous
I'" 'ng lh apri'' arc "i"S sem We, a'u i,",n
tNr.' Nr have .r"u le'f ud- Wien large potato cNln
uirrfs vcrr sent over ~" railroads from NrW York
tfy the urulrcc bcus brought io that port from the
Bermuda Islands aud from Germany. ~ The WaN
We hear that German puigto"s a'n becoming Phuc p
o.. There arr fewer manufactured iron articles GOING
W. "a. year Thc Nr-i ln begun to nanliaciun
faoturins Ia, cui ~ Ill trade
In tho pref ararlon of hl, work on the National
Resource Of III" United staics7 Professor J. H. Rat
ton. the historian. q. ivcn extensive study 10 the
,lhrc q ra.rfa o. the Mississippi Valley. II" gives
ricdt H. tn DETECTED trade winds for most Of the
rainfall rs vhchta great area II country Is wa'ricd
and f,n.ll7cd IT. allLrg about thu old theory that
supplies tn. rainfall he remarked that II could De
mThcma'cally demonstrated that li. was erroneous
said hc: The area II th' Mississippi Valley IS c,ti
mated at i21iOoO square miles, and the area ~ tho
Cuf ono f,rrth much. The annual average rain
fall In the Valley forty two Inches three feet and
half produce this amount would require an cvapo-
ration ~ feet II water or hc surface ~ tho
Guf presenting that q vl, all thus utilized II IS
obyiou, that ~ great an evaporation Is impossible
This estimate dos include the largo surplus that
ra,s"s from The valley over ana through th" Allc- |
ehaay Mountain. 70 clr ont the deficiency Of rain on
their eastern slopes ~ derived from tho Atlantic |
ocean. because tn iniucurc Of NJ" lafci'> Nhinr
loaded wind, appear, NOT 10 extend usually further
fni1uI Than ninii' ono hundred miles. Ta'ug fhe |
flow ~ 10" mississippi The standard W" may safely
estimate that the amount ~ water annually poured |
ly rivers Into the Culf would raise hS surface " |
ih"r" wrrc neither cvarorion nor "liri nn" 100,
a"d bali II that amount Of wn,"r were cVaI"'&'"I |
annually thor" would sim Doe twelve feet and half
to h' accounted FOR m" sarfr" OF lhc CIR. POW. |
discovered recently that the portion Of the Atlantic
equatorial current that comes mp through ~" Yucatar
Passage prnr'rairs N" Gnlf only about 500 miles T.
passing onward 10 IN" straits ~ Florida There ap |
current contributes any water INTO mat OF me 'I'
10 furnish the amount ~ water sufficient for an annu
as th,i ~ ,Er rai Saoy w"nid certainty rcGurc
IN evaporation III snrfar" p great =, that ~ the
nprtLcru portion of The Atlantic equatorial current.
C"rnellus =. Bliss. chairman 81 The Republican
state Committee. ia chatting about som" phase ~
politics. remarked: at Is .'coming moro difficult
ever To npinN Tor i' iEllHWN ~ l'il''N
that attend every camrai n There has been 50 much
said Ia m" papers alott the corrupt uso OF money |
That mrn h".ltatn to nah" contribution, i'Ni lh'y |
shorld J." diverted fnr Improper Turpo,r>. Papri'
i!lc The Sew YORK. Tlmr," has, made tbs 'h'ir "A
yorifr ro1c 81 ,rk tli" rrwiiican party Vet |
feet mot dollar used by The Republican stat
Committee tha: mlrlt no; hc openly raradcI to Tie
vorlI The av,ra," citizen has NO conception OF III"
81 iro:ey t,,,i g., required In the aesr gar
-r.fft ~ man ~" poll. aul furnish boxes for TIE |
Z t.f fItu fislef
90 raf .n. fhr trcstrai ION lists printing AMI IS" "'
.'1I 'h' a.g- .r'r g. very iar-r. That money ca
Doe ruu'tv '..l n1u"u-' IN cl'cti"n' Is only 10"
'r'. Iui ss'n a rarty {, Crippled - SO have been |
90. -,i'.f.i n~ ~ ui, rs fgi~" reports that the
i.,. +. TO- T." rp.ripflV used. 10 is time That some
body >;',ir oIi ia deny III" lmPi ntiph'
T,. -, .,,v e,orv ,cllcrs ard much sought after